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Title: Eight Weeks of Gilead’s Epclusa Cures High Rate of Hep C in Opioid Addicts
Post by: Hep Editors on May 23, 2018, 10:39:25 am
Providing eight weeks of Gilead Sciences’ Epclusa (sofosbuvir/velpatasvir) through community pharmacies or prisons to individuals receiving opioid substitution therapy (OST) for addiction to opioids yields a high hepatitis C virus (HCV) cure rate, aidsmap reports.

Scottish researchers conducted an observational study of eight weeks of Epclusa treatment among 90 individuals receiving OST around Glasgow.

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https://www.hepmag.com/article/eight-weeks-gileads-epclusa-cures-high-rate-hep-c-opioid-addicts